Thousands of residents in Sydney’s south-west were ordered to evacuate overnight as heavy rain swelled rivers, with fresh flood risks for places as far apart as the Illawarra and Kempsey in northern New South Wales.
The State Emergency Service has given evacuation orders for a “substantial” population in about a dozen Sydney suburbs, mostly in the Georges River area. Tens of thousands of people are affected. These include parts of Chipping North, Milperra, Picnic Point and Warwick Farm.
